Alliance For Justice Building Grassroots Network To
Oppose The President’s Nominees. “[AFJ President Nan] Aron said her office
had been flooded with calls from students, lawyers and activists ‘who were
involved in get-out-the-vote work and now want to turn their attention to the
Supreme Court.’ … Like the Presidential election, a Supreme Court nomination
fight will feature polling, paid television advertising and grass-roots
organizing. Ms. Aron said she had been ‘on the road for weeks,’ recruiting
volunteers and trying to build networks in various states.” (Sheryl Gay Stolberg,
“Prepping For The Next Big Battle: The Supreme Court,” The New York Times,
12/8/04)

Alliance For Justice Introduced Cartoon Character “Phil
A. Buster” To Save The Filibuster. “‘Phil A. Buster’ debuts today as the
centerpiece of Alliance for Justice Action Campaign’s innovative multimedia
advertising campaign to preserve the filibuster and prevent an abuse of power.
… The ad features Phil A. Buster and his friends, Checks and Balanz who teach with
simple but powerful messages how the system of government designed by our
Founding Fathers has worked well for over 200 years, protecting us from abuses
of power.” (Alliance
For Justice Action Fund, “Americans Encouraged To ‘Save Phil’ And Prevent Abuse
Of Power,” Press Release, 4/5/05)

Common Cause:

“[Common Cause Spokeswoman Mary] Boyle Said That During
The Past Four Years, Soros’ Open Society Institute Had Given $600,000 To Common
Cause’s Education Fund – The Group’s 501(c)(3) Arm.” (Ben Pershing, “Gillespie Issues Challenge To BCRA
Backers,” Roll Call, 11/18/03)

Common Cause President Chellie Pingree Kicked Off A Major
Capital Hill Rally In Support Of Democrats Filibustering Judicial Nominees.
“‘A longtime Senate procedure should not be scrapped simply because it is
inconvenient to the goals of one political interest,’ Chellie said. ‘It’s an
abuse of power to strip the Senate minority of a tool designed to protect its
rights - rights both parties have defended throughout the Senate’s history.’” (Common Cause Website, www.commoncause.org, Accessed 4/11/05)

People For The American Way:

Billionaire Financier George Soros’ Open Society
Institute Contributed At Least $450,000 To People For The American Way Since
1999.(Open
Society Institute Website, www.soros.org,
Accessed 4/5/05; Capital Research Center Website, www.capitalresearch.org,
Accessed 4/5/05)

PFAW Calls President Bush’s Nominees “Appalling.”
“These nominees – some of whom are being nominated for the third time after
failing to be confirmed in two consecutive Congresses – have an appalling
record in the important areas of civil rights and civil liberties, privacy and
reproductive choice, environmental protection, workers’ rights, consumer
protection, and religious liberty, and have often dedicated themselves to
promoting an extreme ‘federalist’ philosophy that would severely limit federal
authority to protect Americans’ rights, health, and safety.” (People For The American Way
Website, www.pfaw.org, Accessed 3/27/05)

·PFAW: “The Re-Nomination Of These 12 Controversial
Nominees Sends A Clear Signal That, In His Second Term, The President Plans To
Continue Shunning Consensus And Bi-Partisan Cooperation In Favor Of Working To
Pack The Courts With Right-Wing Ideologues.”(People For The American Way Website, www.pfaw.org, Accessed 3/27/05)

Planned Parenthood Email: “In Less Than A Week, The
Senate Leadership Could Push The Button On Its So-Called Nuclear Strategy – A
Measure, That If Passed, Would Change The Rules Of The Senate And, Along With
It, The Social Tenor Of Our Country For Generations To Come.” (Planned Parenthood Email,
“Count Down To Save The Court Starts Now,” 4/22/05)

·Planned Parenthood Email: “To Win, We Must Convince
Six Republicans To Vote Against This Measure — The Letters And Calls Generated
Thus Far Have Already Helped Secure The Support Of Three Key Republicans.” (Planned Parenthood Email,
“Count Down To Save The Court Starts Now,” 4/22/05)

ACT Email: “This Coming Tuesday Your Time Is Urgently
Needed To Stop President Bush And His Republican Allies From Dismantling Social
Security. Please Join ACTivists In Your Area … For One Of The Many Rallies
Around The Country Scheduled To Coincide With The Senate Finance Committee’s
First Official Hearings On Social Security Privatization.” (America Coming Together
Email, “ACT On Tuesday To Save Social Security,” 4/23/05)

“Americans United To Protect Social Security, As The
Group Will Be Known, Is Being Spearheaded By The American Federation Of State,
County And Municipal Employees, The AFL-CIO, And Two Liberal Advocacy Groups,
The Campaign For America’s Future And USAction. Another 200-Odd Interest Groups
Are Also Supporting The Effort.”(Chris Cillizza, “Coalition To Battle Social Security Plan,” Roll
Call, 2/17/05)

Democracy For America Chairman Jim Dean: “And We Will Be
Getting Into The Fight To Stop George Bush From Dismantling Social Security.” (Democracy For America
Email, “Hello There,” 2/16/05)

Jim Dean: “We Hoped That Putting A Human Face On Social
Security Would Help Shape The Debate Over The Republican Plans To Privatize And
Phase It Out. … With Your Help, We’ll Make Sure That Every Politician
Understands The Real Impact Of The President’s Plan.” (Democracy For America
Email, “The Social Security Story In Your Community,” 3/10/05)

Democracy For America Executive Director Tom Hughes: “The
Best Thing That We Can Do To Stop The Bush Plan To Phase Out Social Security Is
To Focus On The Individual Americans Whom The Program Protects. In The Coming
Months We Can Be The Clearinghouse For Personal Testimony About Its Success. Will
You Help?” (Democracy For America Email, “What’s Your Story?” 3/1/05)

ProtectYourCheck.Org:

“The [Former Clinton Aide Harold] Ickes Organization Will Twin Its
Efforts With The Ongoing Operations Of Americans United To Protect Social
Security, A Grass-Roots Organization Being Run By A Handful Of Former
Democratic Senate Campaign Operatives.” (Chris Cillizza, “New Group To Join Social Security
Battle,” Roll Call, 3/16/05)

oBillionaire Financier George Soros Gave $14.5
Million To ACT.(Katharine
Q. Seelye, “Anti-Bush Billionaire Plans To Give More,” The New York Times,
9/29/04)

“Under The Immutable Laws Of Political Spending, However,
The Money Is Already Going Elsewhere. And This Time, It Is Likely To Go To
501(c)(4) Organizations, Known In Short As C4s, Named For The Subsection Of The
Internal Revenue Service Code Which Allows Their Formation.” (Byron York, “New
Campaign-Finance-Reform Follies,” National Review Online, 4/19/05)

·“A New Group Known As ProtectYourCheck.Org, Put
Together By Harold Ickes, The Former Clinton Deputy White House Chief Of Staff
Who Was One Of The Leaders Of The Anti-Bush 527 Effort Last Year, Is A C4. It Plans
To Raise $15 Million To Fight Social Security Reform. Where Is That Money
Coming From? Ickes Is Not Required To Say.”(Byron York, “New Campaign-Finance-Reform Follies,” National
Review Online, 4/19/05)

“On Thursday, April 21, The House Of Representatives
Passed The Same Dirty Energy Bill That Was Ultimately Defeated During The Last
Congress. … Even Worse, This Bill Is Saddled With Special-Interest Provisions
That Would Weaken Clean Air And Water Protections And Promote Reckless
Development In Some Of Our Most Pristine Wild Places In The Rocky Mountain And
Arctic Regions.”(Earthjustice
Website, “Energy Bill Loaded With Special-Interest Provisions Passes The House:
249 To 183,” Accessed 4/26/05)

NRDC Has Fill-In-The-Blank Email To Send To Members Of
Congress On Website: “The House Of Representatives Is Moving Forward An Energy
Bill That Would Damage The Environment And Do Nothing To Advance Energy
Efficiency Or Renewable Energy.”(Natural Resources Defense Council Website, www.nrdc.org, Accessed 4/21/05)

Consumers Union Senior Product Safety Counsel Sally
Greenberg: “Consumers Union Is Greatly Disappointed That Members Of The Senate
Have Chosen To Side With The Largest Corporations In America – Many Of Whom
Lobbied Heavily For This Bill – And Against The Interests Of Regular People
Seeking Access To Justice.” (Consumers Union, Consumers Union Calls Vote Today In Senate On Class
Action Bill A ‘Sad Day For Consumers,’” Press Release, 2/9/05)

Earthjustice Legislative Counsel James Cox: “The
Corporate Class-Action Bill Currently Under Consideration In The U.S. Senate,
S.5, Is A Bad Bill For The Environment. The Bill Would Reward Polluters By
Giving Them A Powerful Tool With Which To Delay Cleanup And The Payment Of
Medical Costs To Those They Have Hurt.”(Earthjustice, “Corporate Class Action Bill Denies
Victims Of Environmental Harms Their Day In Court,” Press Release, 2/3/05)

“Prior To Voting On [Tort Reform], The Senate Also Voted
Against An Amendment (40 To 59) That Would Have Exempted Civil Rights Suits And
State Law Wage-And-Hour Cases From The Bill, Thereby Preventing Those Cases
From Being Moved To Federal Courts. … The Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
(LCCR) Had Expressed Its ‘Extreme Disappointment’ Of The Vote Against The
Amendment, Saying It Was ‘A Dark Day For The Rights Of Workers And Ordinary
Americans.’” (Leadership
Conference On Civil Rights Website, www.civilrights.org,
2/15/05, Accessed 4/26/05)

NRDC Letter To U.S. Senators: “Our Organizations Are
Opposed To The Sweepingly Drawn And Misleadingly Named ‘Class Action Fairness
Act Of 2005.’” (NRDC
et al., Letter To United States Senators, 2/7/05)

Public Citizen:

Since
2001, Billionaire Financier George Soros’ Open Society Institute Gave More Than $180,000 To Public
Citizen. (Capital
Research Center Website, www.capitalresearch.org,
Accessed 3/16/05)

Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook: “The U.S. Senate
Today Has Given Banks, Credit Card Companies, Insurers, Hmos, Drug
Manufacturers And Other Big Corporations A Green Light To Defraud And Deceive
Consumers Without Fear Of Being Held Accountable. Passage Of The Class Action
Legislation Will Mean That Many Class Action Lawsuits Will Not Be Heard In
Either State Courts Or Federal Courts.” (Public Citizen, “U.S. Senate Gives Green Light To
Market Fraud And Deception,” Press Release, 2/10/05)

Soros And His Open
Society Institute Have Given At Least $2,825,000 To Groups Opposing Revising
Bankruptcy Laws.

Consumers Union:

Since
2001, Billionaire Financier George Soros’ Open Society Institute Gave At Least $325,000 To
Consumers Union. (Capital Research Center Website, www.capitalresearch.org,
Accessed 4/26/05)

CU Letter To House Members: “Consumers Union, The
Non-Profit, Independent Publisher Of Consumer Reports®, Strongly Urges You To
Reject The Bankruptcy Legislation Expected To Be Considered This Week On The
House Floor. Contrary To The Claims Of Its Sponsors, The Legislation Is Not
Narrowly Focused On Bankruptcy Abuses.” (Consumers Union, Letter To U.S. Representatives,
4/10/05)

MoveOn.Org PAC: “Last Week, The House Of Representatives
Passed Bankruptcy Legislation (302-126) That Will Make Life A Lot Harder For A
Lot Of Good People. Usually Congress Wouldn’t Feel Any Consequences For A Vote
Like This, But Moveon PAC Has Developed Radio Ads That Will Shine A Bright
Light On The Legislation And The Representatives Who Supported It – Dissuading
Wrong Votes Next Time.” (MoveOn.Org PAC Website, www.moveonpac.org,
Accessed 4/26/05)

“[T]he Center For Community Change Launched ‘Jericho,’ A
30-Second TV Spot … The Ad Features Snippets From Bush’s First Inaugural
Address In 2001 … Statistics On Poverty, Homelessness And Hunger Appear On
Screen As An Announcer Says The New Budget Will Show If Bush’s ‘Actions Live Up
To His Words.’” (Meg
Kinnard, “Group: Will Bush Budget Actions ‘Live Up To His Words’?” NationalJournal.com,
nationaljournal.com,
2/3/05)

PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION/LACI’S LAW

Soros And His Open
Society Institute Have Given At Least $1,150,000 To Groups Opposing Outlawing
Partial-Birth Abortions.

“Planned Parenthood Federation Of America (PPFA) …
Announced Today At A Press Conference That They Have Filed A Lawsuit In A San
Francisco Federal Court To Challenge The So-Called Partial Birth Abortion Ban
Act Of 2003, A Federal Abortion Ban That Was Passed By Congress On Oct. 20 And
Has Been Sent To President Bush For His Signature.” (Planned Parenthood Federation Of America,
“Planned Parenthood Files Lawsuit To Block Unconstitutional, Reckless Abortion
Ban,” Press Release, 10/31/03)

“Today The House Is Set To Take Action On The So-Called
‘Unborn Victims Of Violence Act.’ The Bill Creates A Separate Crime For Harm
Done To A Fetus – At Any Stage Of Development – In The Commission Of Certain
Federal Crimes, Or Crimes Committed On Federal Property. … The Bill The House
Will Consider Today Has Been Dubbed ‘Laci And Connor’s Law’ …”(Planned Parenthood
Federation Of America Website, “The Born Victims Of Politics,” www.saveroe.com,
2/26/04, Accessed 4/26/05)

NARAL Pro-Choice America:

“The NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation, The Leading
National Advocate For Personal Privacy And The Right To Choose, Today Announced
The Launch Of A New Television Ad Campaign In Response To President Bush’s
Planned Signing Tomorrow Of The So-Called ‘Partial Birth Abortion’ Ban
Legislation.” (NARAL
Pro-Choice America, “NARAL Pro-Choice America Launches Ad Campaign As President
Signs First Criminal Abortion Ban,” Press Release, 11/4/03)

“The ‘Unborn Victims Of Violence Act’ Is A Deceptive Bill
That Threatens Women’s Rights. Although Supporters Of The Bill Claim That Their
Goal Is To Protect Women From Acts Of Violence, Their True Intent Is To
Undermine Roe V. Wade.”(NARAL Pro-Choice America Website, “The ‘Unborn Victims Of Violence
Act’: A Misguided Bill That Threatens Women’s Rights,” www.naral.org, Accessed
4/26/05)

“Two Groups Explicitly Associated With George Soros – The
Open Society Policy Center And The American Progress Action Fund – Are Working
With Citizens For Global Solutions To Defeat Bolton.” (Accuracy In Media, “Aim
Says ‘Follow The Money’ To George Soros And One-Worlders Against John Bolton,”
Press Release, 4/12/05)

Citizens For Global Solutions:

“Citizens For Global Solutions Used To Be Known As The
World Federalist Association (WFA), A Group That Favors World Government And
Global Taxes On American Citizens To Pay For It. The Organization … Is Leading
The Opposition To Bolton Through Television Ads And A ‘Stop Bolton’ Web Site …”
(Accuracy In
Media, “Aim Says ‘Follow The Money’ To George Soros And One-Worlders Against
John Bolton,” Press Release, 4/12/05)

“Two Groups Explicitly Associated With George Soros – The
Open Society Policy Center And The American Progress Action Fund – Are Working
With Citizens For Global Solutions To Defeat Bolton.” (Accuracy In Media, “Aim
Says ‘Follow The Money’ To George Soros And One-Worlders Against John Bolton,”
Press Release, 4/12/05)

Open Society Policy Center:

“[Soros] Opened A $2-Million Office In Washington … And
Created The Open Society Policy Center, Which Will Focus On Foreign Policy And
Civil Liberties.”(Ian
Wilhelm, “Soros, In Major Shift, Will Focus Giving On Advocacy And
Globalization,” The Chronicle Of Philanthropy, 6/27/02)

“The Open Society Policy Center, Former U.S. Ambassadors
And Other Groups Will Hold A Press Conference On Monday, April 4 To Announce
Their Opposition To John Bolton’s Nomination As Ambassador To The UN.” (Open Society Policy Center
Website, www.opensocietypolicycenter.org,
Accessed 4/20/05)

“The Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law …
Urged Senators On The Judiciary Committee Not To Confirm The Nomination Of
Alberto Gonzales For United States Attorney General Until There Has Been A More
Probing Examination Of His Views On Civil Rights Law Enforcement.” (Lawyers’ Committee For
Civil Rights Under Law, “Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Urges Senate
Committee Not To Confirm The Nomination Of Alberto Gonzales Until More Is Known
About His Commitment To Civil Rights,” Press Release, 2/3/05)

Campaign For America’s Future:

“The Campaign For America’s Future Unveiled A New
Television Ad Today That Urges Congress To ‘Wash Its Hands’ Of Rep. Tom DeLay,
Highlighting The Controversy Surrounding The House Majority Leader, Who Is
Increasingly Seen As A Liability To His Party.” (Campaign For America’s Future, “New TV Ads
Highlight Tom DeLay’s Corruption,” Press Release, 3/30/05)

Center For American Progress:

Billionaire Financier George Soros Reportedly Pledged $3
Million To Center For American Progress.(Amy Westfeldt, “Billionaire Puts His Money Where
His Mouth Is – Toward Ousting Bush,” The Associated Press, 6/10/04)

“DropTheHammer.org Is A Campaign Of The American Progress
Action Fund.” (DropTheHammer.org
Website, www.dropthehammer.org,
Accessed 4/20/05)

Common Cause:

“[Common Cause Spokeswoman Mary] Boyle Said That During
The Past Four Years, Soros’ Open Society Institute Had Given $600,000 To Common
Cause’s Education Fund – The Group’s 501(c)(3) Arm.” (Ben Pershing, “Gillespie Issues Challenge To BCRA
Backers,” Roll Call, 11/18/03)

Common
Cause President Chellie Pingree Accused Tom DeLay Of Trying To “Fix The Ethics
Process.” “‘If
he can’t somehow transcend the politics and fix the ethics process, then he
will be seen as just a partisan player,’ said Chellie Pingree, President
of Common Cause, a group that advocates replacing DeLay as the House’s
no. 2 Republican.” (Matthew
Daly, “Lawmaker Takes Job As Ethics Investigator,” The Associated Press,
4/7/05)

Common Cause Circulating Petition Calling For Tom DeLay To
Step Down.“Tom DeLay is ethically unfit to serve as a leader of the
people’s House. America has higher standards than to let someone with his track
record lead an institution as important to our democracy as the United States
House of Representatives. We believe the time has come for Rep. DeLay to step
down.” (Common Cause Website, www.commoncause.org, Accessed 4/11/05)

Democracy For America Email: “We’re Buying Billboards In
The 22nd Congressional District, And If Your Slogan Is Selected, It Will Be
Part Of Democracy For America’s Big Splash In Tom DeLay’s Backyard.” (Democracy For America
Email, “Beware Of Falling Congressmen?” 4/12/05)

“A Copy Of The Letter, Which Called On House Leaders ‘To
Reinstate The Old Rules,’ Was Provided To The New York Times By The
Public Campaign Action Fund, A Private Group That Monitors Campaign
Fund-Raising And Has Long Been Critical Of Mr. Delay.”(Philip Shenon and Sheryl
Gay Stolberg, “10 Ex-G.O.P. Lawmakers Attack Changes In Ethics Rules,”

The
New York Times,
4/15/05)

“The Public Campaign Action Fund, A Nonprofit Funded In Part By
Billionaire George Soros, Is Spending $25,000 To Sponsor An Online Petition
Drive That Calls For Delay To Resign.” (Mary
Curtius, “Delay Fires Up GOP
Troops For Counterattack,” Los Angeles Times, 4/3/05)